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CVE-2021-45846

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jan 25, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45846
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

A flaw in the AMF parser of Slic3r libslic3r 1.3.0 allows an attacker to cause an application crash using a crafted AMF document, where a metadata tag lacks a type attribute.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Slic3rSlic3r1.3.0 (including)1.3.0 (including)
Slic3rUbuntubionic*
Slic3rUbuntufocal*
Slic3rUbuntuimpish*
Slic3rUbuntukinetic*
Slic3rUbuntulunar*
Slic3rUbuntumantic*
Slic3rUbuntuoracular*
Slic3rUbuntuplucky*
Slic3rUbuntutrusty*
Slic3rUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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